PowerPoint is loaded with features to create and edit professional slide presentations for use in any scenario from the boardroom to the ballroom. Once your presentation is finished, you may need to finesse and move objects in small increments with minimal disruption to the slide. Nudging the object with keystrokes allows more precision than by using the mouse to drag the object in place. PowerPoint for Mac may confuse some Windows users, due to a slightly different interface, but the nudge feature is similar in both platforms.

Open a new or existing PowerPoint presentation.

Insert a text box, image or shape on the slide. Note the bounding box that appears around the object.

Click the outside border of the bounding box with the cursor until the cursor turns into four directional arrows. If you click inside the box that contains the element you want to nudge, you will not bring up the correct tool to do so.

Tap one of the directional arrows on your keypad to nudge the object in that direction. Press "Control" and tap one of the directional arrows on your keypad to nudge the object in the smallest increments in that direction.

About the Author

Elle Smith has been an advertising professional for more than 25 years. Her work for ABC, CBS and Sony Pictures Television has appeared on radio, on air, in print and outdoors. In addition, Smith has more than 20 years experience in marketing, graphic arts, commercial photography and print production, and is a licensed real estate agent with property management certification in California.